Pig iron imports in Turkey increased by 1.4pc to 1.06mn mt in January-November 2020, according to SteelData.
CIS countries supplied around 80pc of the material to Turkey during the period under review, though Russia decreased its shipments by 9.9pc to 598,000mt, while Ukraine increased them by 50.6pc to 247,000mt.
Turkey’s pig iron imports from Germany, Brazil, and Canada tallied at 89,000mt, 77,000mt, and 25,000mt, respectively, in January-November 2020.